Tim Atkin | Dark and brooding. Dense, almost opaque color. Reductive, smoky, sausage-like nose, possibly from underseasoned oak. Oaky, rather dry, with a faintly musty note beneath. High acid finish, with something of a hole in the middle. A wine that may come around in the bottle but is a little oak-dominated at present. | 11.5

Alex Hunt | A lot of oak aroma, over some quite Cabernetesque, leafy blackcurrant fruit. Licorice emerges with air. Fine-grained but hollow-structured on the palate, with marked acidity, rigid oak, and, at present, insufficient depth or succulence of flavor to fill out the frame fully. | 14

Stephan Reinhardt | Dark purple. Warm and intense fruit flavors of ripe black- and blueberries, some earthy and spicy (peppery) undertones, and raw meat. Rich and elegant on the palate, the fruit (with some leather aromas toward the finish) is well balanced by silky tannins and a nice freshness, so the wine has complexity and length but is far from being big or fat. An excellent Blaufränkisch with great aging potential. Very long. | 17